dusted, ppl. a.
(ˈdʌstɪd)
[f. dust v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Sprinkled with dust or powder; powdered.
| 1643 5 Years of K. James in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 293 Yellow bands, dusted hair, curled, crisped, frizzled, sleeked skins. 1806 J. Grahame Birds Scot. 28 The spacious door White-dusted tells him, plenty reigns around. 1870 Morris E. Par. IV. 383 The purple-dusted butterfly. |
2. Cleansed or freed from dust.
| 1686 N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. v. 59 A handful of clean dusted Hempseed. |